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Jan. 6–7, 2026

Kellogg Global Hub 5101

The mission of the China Economic Round Table is to better understand the growth and sustainability of the Chinese economy by bringing together different perspectives from academics, business journalists, policy makers and business; and to help the public conversation about the Chinese economy to be more representative and fact based.

Attendance to the event is by invitation-only. 

 

Organizers

Nancy Qian (Northwestern University)
Ruixue Jia (University of California San Diego)
Daniel Xu (Duke University)
David Yang (Harvard University)
Shaoda Wang (University of Chicago)


Agenda

  • Time

    Session

    5:00pm - 8:00pm


    Conference Dinner
    Introduction by Dean Francesca Cornelli, Kellogg School of Management - Northwestern University 
    Dinner Keynote: Dean Chong-en Bai, School of Economics and Management, Tsinghua University
  • Time

    Session

    8:30am


    Breakfast

    9:20am

    Opening remarks

    9:30am - 10:30am

    Panel 1: Real Estate and the Financial Markets
    Chair: Barry NaughtonUniversity of California San Diego
    Panelists
    Chong-en BaiSchool of Economics and Management, Tsinghua University
    Wei XiongThe Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen 
    Zoe Liu
    Council on Foreign Relations



    10:30am - 11:00am


    Break

    11:00am - 12:00pm


    Panel 2: Trade, Tariffs and U.S.-China Relations
    Chair: Bob Davis, former Senior Editor, Wall Street Journal 
    Panelists
    Emily Blanchard
    , Dartmouth University
    Michael SongChinese University of Hong Kong
    Brent NeimanUniversity of Chicago
     


    12:00pm - 1:30pm

    Lunch

    1:30pm - 2:30pm

    Panel 3:  Science and Technology
    Chair: Lingling WeiThe Wall Street Journal
    Panelists
    Ernest Liu
    Princeton University 
    Dashun Wang
    Northwestern University
    Richard Zhang
    Apax Partners
     


    2:30pm - 3:00pm

    Break

    3:00pm - 4:00pm

    Panel 4: Education and the Labor Market
    Chair: Vincent NiNational Public Radio
    Panelists
    Hanming Fang, University of Pennsylvania
    Yang Yao,  Shanghai University of Finance and Economics
    Ruixue JiaUniversity of California San Diego

     



    4:00pm

    Concluding Remarks 

    Informal Dinner 

Contact us about the China Economic Roundtable

Emily Schroeder
Managerial Economics & Decision Sciences and Operations Department
e-schroeder@kellogg.northwestern.edu
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